Pieced-cloth formation



E. GALATI PIECED CLOTH FORMATION March 4, 1930.

Filed: act. 14, 927

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-l atented Mar.14 ,'19 30 a r UN T A ES EMIL GALATL-OF cnxcaeo, ILLmoIs' 4 rIEoED-CLoTHroniyrafrion I Application-filed October 14, 19 27 serjal 226;188 ;j

My invention relates to theart of conservuct, such as a; blanket, automobile robe, or ing cloth which isin the form'of remnants quilt. fAccordingly,"-I cut the piecestofa suit-g and usually discarded as waste, and it is my able unit shap such as squares,recta'n v les,

7 main object to provide a novel method of or diamonds, before uniting-them. 6" joining the remnants or pieces whereby a use- "In [the process "of; joining the remnant 55 ful sheet of cloth is formed. units, one of which Ihave'shown as a matter A further object of my invention is to emof example in Figure 1', I; firs t apply whatjis ploy materials and machines of a standard called a piping 10"a'long opposite edges of the make for the purpose of uniting the pieces re-' piece or patch 11. As noted more clearly in. 10 ferred'to; 1 v r I Figure 3, this pipingis a-channel-shaped edg-GO A final, but nevertheless important object ing which surmounts the edge of'the cloth and ofmy invention is to use a method of extreme is stitched firmly thereto along the line, 12. simplicity to secure the desired results,a nd The afiected'edgesof the'piece 11 are'thus I to produce a'firm and durable connection. bound in the channel-shaped piping, and the 15 With the above objects in View and any, latteris'cut with" its weavegonja'bias, as indi- 65 others that may suggest themselves from the oated at'13 in Figure 2, fora purpose soon-tov specification and claims to follow, a better unbe made clear. When twopieces have been derstanding of the inventionmay be gained prepared as described,theyare assembled in Y by reference to the accompanying drawing, stacked formation, one one; thereof being 7 in which V illustrated in Figure 4. It will here" be, seen 7 Figure 1 is a plan view of a typical remthat the reinforced. edges :of-the respective nant or piece of cloth commonly thrown into pieces are in superimposed relation. ,'-The the discard, but employed to advantagein the doubled edge is now run" through another use of my invention; I I sewing machine whichfis gauged'to'join'but Fig. 2 is ;a similar view showing the first the crownsof the piping, so thatthe' stitchedstep in the preparation of the piece for the combinationwillassume the form illustrated joining operation; a corner of the piece being in Figur'e'b. The' biased weave of the piping shown magnified; will perm'it'the same to stretch sufficiently, Fig. 3 is an edge view from the front or when engaged by'the needle, to keepth'e-stitch' rear of theillustration ofFigure 2, on a mag-, free of theg'oo'ds inside thepipingso that 7 v 'nified scale; Q i a the piping will'be joined compactly and Fig: 4 is an edge view of two cloth pieces neatly. The respective pieces are now swung arranged for the joining operation out from each other in the directions of'the Fig. 5 is a view similartoFigure 4, showing arrows 14 in Figure 5, so that when opened 7 A .3 5 the f a dby the combination at the out to fully extended position they'will rap; V

joining site; I pears'ectionally as in F igure 6. Itwill here Figure'6 is a section of two piecesjoined be seen that but the piping hasbeen afiected a and opened to assume aflat form; and f. by the lastdescribed stitching, showing a- 1 Fig. 7 is a plan View, partly broken away, tucked effect, as indicated at 15." "Otherwise,

# of a'sheet of pieced material. i the pieces are extended as if in one flat sheet.

' It is a' familiar fact that in many tailoring A number of pieces maybe joined as deshops much material is cut away and discardscribed above in lateral successlon, so as to ed'as waste matter, when the cloth is cut into form a ribbon with transverse piping lines the desired patterns." The discarded pieces to denote the units joined. When twolfsuch' I areremnants and are usually gathered into a ribbons are edged with long pieces of p1pbasket or other receptacle'and sold as waste to ing as'indicated at 16in Figure 7, theymay the mills, bringinga nominal return. It has thenbe joined along such piping in the same 7 occurred to methat much of this waste cloth, manner as,inthe case of small pieces,=so that which is usually of ood quality, may be reultimately a sheet of the units w llresult, the covered and formed intosome suitable proddesign being with squaresas in 'F1gure-7, or 9 with any other unit forms or motif desired.

Also, a suitable border or edging 17 may be made to lendthe cloth sheet a finished appearance, and make the same useful as a blanket, automobile robe, or the like.

When it is considered that the remnants I intend to use may-be from expensive overcoat or suit stock,it will be appreciated that the resulting articles formed by my method could be represented as being of fine quality,

yet selling at a reasonable'low figure because of the low cost of production. Obviously, with the material purchased at nominal cost, but the expenses of the piping and labor need be considered once the proper machines for stitching the piping have been installed. In conclusion, it may be said that my novel method recovers and puts into useful form a much fall-off materialwhich is now con sidered as waste and given a corresponding value. By my 'method, useful and durable a-rtielesof a protective nature may be formed, and the use of pieces or units of various colors facilitates the formation of fascinating or bizarre patterns, giving the goods a novel I claim 1. A'pieced cloth formation comprising-a channeled edging stitched on the contiguous edges of the pieces joined, and a stitched connection through the crowns of the said edgings in a plane parallel with and adjacent one surface of the joined pieces, said stitches lying entirely Within theplane formed by said pieces.

2. The method of joining cloth pieces edgew se, comprising the mounting of the contlguous edges with channeled edging, the

' stitching of said edging to the correspondmg pieces, the assembling of the latter in superimposed order and with the respective edgings in doubled relation, and the joining of the adjacent portions of the crowns ofsuch edgings by stitching.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

" EMIL GALATI. 

